This just in. . . Herschel Walker has been traded to Bellator for Hector Lombard, Ben Askren, Joe Warren, and every other decent prospect that Bellator lands for the next few years!

Sorry, the MMAPA voided the contract and released the following statement

he contract has been rejected by the league as a circumvention of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Under the CBA, the contract rejection triggers a number of possible next steps that may be elected by any or each of the MMAPA, the fighter and/or the organization. In the interim, the fighter is not entitled to fighter under the contract, nor is he entitled to any of the rights and benefits that are provided for thereunder. The oraganization will have no further comment on this matter pending further developments.

Oh come on, let's not compare as 47 year old former football player to a former national wrestling champion and a 26 year old

So, because Walker's old he shouldn't compete? Never mind that he's a 5th degree black belt and competed in the Winter Olympics and nearly made the summer games. Nice logic. I wasn't aware that there was an age limit.

Clearly you were too busy being biased and angry to actually read what I said. I said don't compare Walker to Cain Velasquez or Junior Dos Santos, not that he shouldn't compete. It would take at least a few years of solid training for him to even be competitive in a fight with either Cain or Junior, and by then he would be 50 years old. There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA. Who cares if he's had success in other sports, it doesn't mean that he's going to be successful in every sport he tries just because he can bobsled and run fast from his football days. If you actually think Herschel can be competitive with the top UFC HWs, please just say it so I can mock you relentlessly.

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Clearly you were too busy being biased and angry to actually read what I said. I said don't compare Walker to Cain Velasquez or Junior Dos Santos, not that he shouldn't compete. It would take at least a few years of solid training for him to even be competitive in a fight with either Cain or Junior, and by then he would be 50 years old. There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA. Who cares if he's had success in other sports, it doesn't mean that he's going to be successful in every sport he tries just because he can bobsled and run fast from his football days. If you actually think Herschel can be competitive with the top UFC HWs, please just say it so I can mock you relentlessly.

I love the childish response. Clearly you have some things you need to work through if you get your jollies off of mocking people on the internet.

Please show where, in ANY of my posts, I said that he would be competitive in the UFC HW division. I'm actually pretty sure that I said he would never be top ten. For that matter, I doubt he'd be top 20.

There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA.

This alludes to the fact that Walker can succeed at ANY other sport but MMA. I love that you've placed MMA on a pedestal above ALL other sports. As if Walker doesn't have the brain-power, cardio, or athleticism to grasp it.

I hate to break it to you, but Walker is in INFINITELY better shape than Couture has EVER been in his entire life.

I'm not biased, I'm not angry, I just wish people like yourself would stop with this separate but equal crap.

There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA.

This alludes to the fact that Walker can succeed at ANY other sport but MMA. I love that you've placed MMA on a pedestal above ALL other sports. As if Walker doesn't have the brain-power, cardio, or athleticism to grasp it.

There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA.

This alludes to the fact that Walker can succeed at ANY other sport but MMA. I love that you've placed MMA on a pedestal above ALL other sports. As if Walker doesn't have the brain-power, cardio, or athleticism to grasp it.

Pretty sure he didn't allude to that.

Saying that the "only truly successful" fighter at that age is Randy Couture along with the cheeky comment of "whatever other sport that isn't MMA," to me, reads as "Walker can succeed at everything but MMA."

I'm pretty much over this debate anyhow. I've made my point and don't really see any point in continuing this argument with people. If they wish to mock me for it, fine. I can live with it.

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There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA.

This alludes to the fact that Walker can succeed at ANY other sport but MMA. I love that you've placed MMA on a pedestal above ALL other sports. As if Walker doesn't have the brain-power, cardio, or athleticism to grasp it.

Pretty sure he didn't allude to that.

Saying that the "only truly successful" fighter at that age is Randy Couture along with the cheeky comment of "whatever other sport that isn't MMA," to me, reads as "Walker can succeed at everything but MMA."

I'm pretty much over this debate anyhow. I've made my point and don't really see any point in continuing this argument with people. If they wish to mock me for it, fine. I can live with it.

It may, but he never said that football or bobsledding were inferior sports. I think the implication was that they were different in a way that didn't lend that much of an advantage to an aspiring mixed martial artist, something I would agree with.

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Like I said, Walker probably wouldn't have gotten the shot in SF if it hadn't been for his fame as a football player, however, if, and it's a big if, he were a nobody and had decided to try his hand at MMA at this stage in his life, some promotion would have undoubtedly given him a shot because of his martial arts pedigree.

Through all your arguments, which are becoming increasingly diluted, you tangentially agreed with most of the arguments FlashyG and I have made. The issue is with Strikeforce, a promotion that houses some of the most proven talent within the sport of MMA, using a talented football player and bobsledder to draw in ratings at the expense of repute.

I have no problem with Herschel Walker wanting to fight.

(Yes, these arguments are running in circles. Probably best to stop them.)

There isn't an age limit, but the only truly successful fighter that is as old as Walker is Couture, and he's been wrestling his entire life, not playing football or bobsledding or whatever other sport isn't MMA.

This alludes to the fact that Walker can succeed at ANY other sport but MMA. I love that you've placed MMA on a pedestal above ALL other sports. As if Walker doesn't have the brain-power, cardio, or athleticism to grasp it.

Pretty sure he didn't allude to that.

Saying that the "only truly successful" fighter at that age is Randy Couture along with the cheeky comment of "whatever other sport that isn't MMA," to me, reads as "Walker can succeed at everything but MMA."

I'm pretty much over this debate anyhow. I've made my point and don't really see any point in continuing this argument with people. If they wish to mock me for it, fine. I can live with it.

As if I actually think that a 47 year old Herschel Walker can succeed at every sport other than MMA? You don't suggest that I think he could play soccer or baseball professionally do you? If so, you grotesquely misinterpreted what I said. I'm done talking about this.

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